Hampshire Food Festival

The Hampshire Food Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary throughout July (1st – 31st) with a packed programme of events showcasing local food and drink across the county.

Festival events include tractor-trailer tours and walks around orchards and dairy, livestock, vegetable, garlic and lavender farms; open days to see how ice-cream, cheese, wine, beer and apple juice is made; workshops for adults and children in bee-keeping, cookery, bread-making, chocolate-making and growing-your-own fruit and veg; country shows and Hampshire Farmers’ Markets; cookery demonstrations and plenty of opportunities to enjoy gourmet lunches, cream teas and dinners using seasonal Hampshire produce.

‘Celebrity chefs‘ taking part include James Martin, Alex Aitken, Atul Kochhar, Raymond Blanc, Ed Baines and John Burton-Race as well as vegetarian food writer Rose Elliot.

To mark the Festival’s 10th anniversary, generous messages of support for The Hampshire Food Festival have been given by numerous top chefs who have been involved in the past 10 years of the Festival, including James Martin, Gordon Ramsay, Atul Kochhar, Mark Hix, Sophie Grigson, Alex Aitken, Raymond Blanc and Phil Vickery.

Download the Festival programme and sign up to receive local food news at www.hampshirefare.co.uk, pick up a programme at Hampshire Farmers’ Markets, libraries and information centres or call 0845 603 5638 for your free copy
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The Hampshire Food Festival, organised by county food group Hampshire Fare, is supported by Hampshire County Council and Hampshire Fare’s Corporate Partners Ecover UK Ltd, Festival Place Shopping Centre, Fuller Smith & Turner PLC, Leepeckgroup, Newsquest (Hampshire) Ltd, The Southern Cooperative, Wave 105 FM, and Corporate Friends Apollo Internet Media, Greenhouse Graphics and The National Trust.

Dates

Taking Place 1 Jul 2010 - 31 Jul 2010

* Events take place at various times across the County. Please check the website
http://www.hampshirefare.co.uk/food-festival.asp or the official brochure.

Tickets information

Admission is free to a good number of events - please check the website or official brochure for exact details.